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A. S. E. SANDERS.

DISPENSING RECEPTAOLE. ArrLIoATIoN FILED nu '1, 190s.

Patented Dec. 22: 1908.

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A. S. E. SANDERS.

DISPENSING REGBPTAGLE.

APPLIOATION FILED MAY 1, 190e.

907,291. Patent-,ed Dec. 22, 1908.

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ALFRED E. SANDERS, OF SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURLIASSIGN OR TO SPRINGFIELD SEED COMPANY, OF SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI, A CORPORATION OF MISSOURI.

l DISPESING-RECEPTACLE.

' Patented Dec. 22, 190s,

Application filed. Hay 7, 1908. Serial No. 431,536.

To all whom it may concern:

' acitizenrof the United States, residing at the city of Springiield, in the county of Greene and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Dispensing-Receptacles, of which the follow'- ing is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.v

This invention relates to dispensing-receptacles, and has for its object to rovide an article of this kind by which a pre etermined quantity of the contents of the receptacle ca be dispensed at each operation.

The invention is particularly well adapted for use by merchants who retail a certain article in very small uantities, and who wish to measure accurate y the amount of goods -delivered to each customer without `having to weigh .ea'oh lot sold. As one example of the uses to which the invention may be applied, -the same ishereinafter referred to as a device for dispensing seeds, though the rece tacle maycontain and dispenseiany other su stance of a granular nature.

In the drawings forming part of this specification, in which like numbers of reference denote like parts wherever they occur, Figure 1 is a front elevationof one ofthe receptacles Fig. 2 is a section on' the line 2-2, Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a side elevation; Fig. 4 is a front elevation of another form of receptacle; and

.Fig.5' is a section on the line 5-.5, Fig. 4'.

The walls 1 of the receptacle may be made Iof any sheet-material, suchas metal, card, straw, or paste-board or the like,` paper, wood, or other material, and ma vided with'an aprtureZ in whicli7 aftransparent member 3 is held, through which member any one can see what the receptacle `contains and lto what' extent it,is filled. Within the receptacle is a slidable chute 4, which projects-outwardly through an a erture in the top of the receptacle, and w ich can be moved toward'or away from the bottom ofthe rece tacle so as to alter, from time to time, the istance between the bottom edge of the7 chute and'thebottom of the receptacle. a A guard 5 is placed withinthe receptacle, which guard extends from 'the bottom of the receptacle to a pointihigher than the hlghest point to which .thefbottom edge 6 of the chute 4Yis adapted tofble moved.

' Said guard may be curved, as shown in the drawings, or of any other desiredshape, 4and be proi`s`secured to the bottom, front, and back of the receptacle, but is spaced awa a short distance from the inner wall of t e chute; `leaving a space between said chute-wall and guard 5 through which space the contents of the rece tacle can pass. The guard 5 forms one wali)of a chamber 7, the other walls of said chamber being the back, the front, and one of the sides of' the receptacle and the bottom of the ychamber 7 being the bottom of guard 5 may be provided. T e chute, accordingly, can slide up or down within the space bounded by the studs 8 or partition 9 on one side, a side-wall of the receptacle on the opposite side, and the front and back of the receptacle on the remaining sides.

As stated hereinabove, the chute 4 is `the rece tacle, according to the quantity of seeds w ich the-operator desires to deliver,

the lower edge 6 of the chute serving as a gate to regulate the quantity of seeds. which can pass from the chamber 7 into said chute. In order to show the merchant exactly at what point the chute must be set in orderfto -dispense the amount of seeds required, a suitable scale is marked on one wall of the chute, the lines of which scale, by registering l with the top edge of the side-wall of the receptacle, indicate either the weight or the out of the receptacle at anyone operation.

From the foregoing detailed description of which are in the chamber 7 lcan pass out of the' receptacle and even then only when allowed access tothe :chute 4, and that the seeds can enter/the chute 4 onl by passing distance between said edge and the bottom of the receptacle regulates the quantity of seeds which can pass into the chute at :any

of the receptacle. AThe guard 5 is secured to from its top to a point below the upper edge 'monetary value of the seeds which will passl under the lower edge- 6 thereo hence, the' moved toward or away from the bottom of` parts it will-be seen that only-those seeds one operation. Thus, it is ascertained how great a space there must be between the bot-1 are constructed and arranged accordingly.v

flhe scale, mentioned above, is marked to indicate how great an amount of seeds will pass into the chamber 7 when a certain line on the scale registers with the top edge of the side wall of the receptacle. When the mei'- chant is aboutto make a sale, therefore, he ascertaius the amount of seeds desired by his customer, adjusts the position of the chute accordingly by the scale, and then turns the receptacle to horizontal position, the side on which the chute is placed being downwards. lf there are any seeds in the chamber 7 the proper quantity will pass between the bottom of the receptacle and the edge 6 of thev chute, and, if the receptacle then be turned bottom side up, those seeds which have passed into the chute will pass therethrough and out at its mouth 10.

At such times as the receptacle containsxso many seeds that the seeds stand higher than the top line of the guard '5, enough seeds will fall into the chamber 7 by gravity to keep the chamber 7 'approximately filled vat all times,

but when there'are fewer seeds than that in,

the receptacle, .the chamber 7 mustl be filled by act o the operator. This is accomplished by turning lthe receptacle first to the osition where the receptacle is horizontally disposed, so that the seeds rest either upon the inner Wall of the chute 4 or upon the partition 9, and then turning the rece tacle 'backto ver-- tical position. Because o this second movement the seeds resting upon said partition seeds because of the. movements necessarily given to the receptacle each time al sale is made, and, therefore, it will practically never be necessary to erform a se arate o eration to ll the cham er ,7.v It fo lows, a so, that since the step of turning therece tacle to permit the seeds to pass into the c ute and the turning of the receptacle bottomv side up are performed in quick and practically-continuous succession, lthe merchant makes a salei. e.. removes the seeds from the'recenpass into the chute 4,

man with whose seeds it is filled pushes thechute clear to the bottom, after which he places a frangible seal over the perforation in the top through which the chute-mouth 10 projects, Whichseal will prevent accidental displacement of the chute 4. If the men chant to whom' the goods are shipped receives the package with the seal intact, he

will know that the contents of the receptacle have not been tampered with and that none of the contents have been lost, for, 'even though the package be so roughly handled that some ofthe seeds do work their way into the clrute 4, theseal will hold such seeds in.

the chute and prevent their'loss'.

Having thus described 1my said invention,

what I claim and desire to secure by Letters-l Patent is: Y

1. In a device .of the character described, the combination of' a receptacle', a partition The receptacles, ac-

therein, one edge of which partition is spaced i away from the end of the receptacle ad]acent thereto, there being a `space betweenv said partition and one ofthe walls of the receptacle, through which spiace the contents of the receptacleare adapted to pass, the end of said receptacle opposite said iirst-mentloned end having a perforation in registration with said space, and a guard within said receptacle extending from said first-mentioned end toa point beyond said edge of said partition.

2. In a device of the (iharacter t ascribed, the combination of a receptacle, a partition therein, one edge vof which partition 1s spaced away from the end of the receptacle adjacent thereto, there being a space between said partition and one of the walls ofthe receptacle, through which space the contents of the receptacle are adapted to ass, the end of -said receptacle o posite sai first-mentioned end having a pe eration in registration'with said space, and a guardwithin said receptacle extending from` said first-mentioned end to al point beyond said edge of said partltion, there being a s ace between said partltlon and said uard t rough which space the conj tents of t 1e receptacle are adapted to pass.

' In-a device of the character described,l

the combination-of a receptacle, a partition therein. one edge of which partition 1s spaced lcle-,through which space the contents of the` i point beyond said edge of said partition,` there being a lspace between said partition' and said guard throu h which'space the contents oLthe receptacI n andaislidable member retained within said first-mentioned space. In a device ofthe character described, the combination of a receptacle having a .perforated end, a-partitionwithin said receptacle one edge of which partition is spaced away from the adjacent end of said receptacle, said partition andthe walls of the receptacle forming apassageway re istering with said perforation, through whic 1 passageway the contents of the receptacle are 'adapted to pass, and a guard extending from said sec- '.ond-mentioned endto a lpoint beyond the nearest edge of said partition, there being a space between said guard and said partition.

5. Ina device of the character described,l

4the'cvombination of a receptacle having a perv forated end, a partition within said receptacle one edge of which partition is spaced. away from the adjacent end of said receptacle, said partition and the walls-of the recep-l tacle forming a passageway registering with said perforation, through whic passageway the contents of the receptacle are adapted to pass, a movable gate to .determine the size of the entrance to said passa eway, and'a'guard extending from said secon -mentioned end to a-point where it covers over the entrance to i sald passa' eway, there being a space between said ar andsaid partition.

` the combination of a receptacle, a movable gate-therewithin, .between the edge o'f which gate and lthe bottom of the receptacle the e'are adapted to pass,-

6. n a device of the character described seeds must passto, reach the exit from the receptacle, 'and a guard -befor'e the passageway between said gate and sald bottom.,

7. In a device of the character'described, 7 the combination of a receptacle provided with an exit through which the contents of lthe receptacle pass, said exit being in such position that said contents enter, thereinto,

when the receptacle is horizontally-disposed and pass therethroughwhen the receptacle lis inverted and 'amovable graduated member controiiing the size of the passageway `'through which said'contents pass (into said exit. t

,8. In a device of the character described, the combination of a receptacle, a partitlon therein, one end of which partition1`s spaced away from one of the walls of the receptacle leaving a passagewayvbetween said partition-l end and said wall,` therebeing a space between said partition and oneof the walls of said -'receptacle which intersects said firstmentioned wall, and a vslidablne member projvided with a passageway and retained within saids ace. Y n

9. n a device of the character described, the combination of a receptacle, a partition therein, one end of which partition 1s spaced away from one of the walls of the receptacle,

' leaving a passageway between said partitionen and said wall, there being a space between said parti-tion'and one of the walls of said rece tacle which intersects said first-- mentioned tacle being apertured, Vsaid aperture allowin communicatlon from the exterior'to. sai

space,- and a slidable member rovidedwithI wall, one of the walls of the recepa passageway and retained wit in said s ace'.v

, In testimony whereof I have afiixe my". signature in presence of two witnesses.

ALFRED S'. E.`SANDERS. Witnesses: p

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